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Nzanyi
Native toNigeria, Cameroon
RegionAdamawa State
Native speakers
(86,000 cited ca. 1993)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3nja
Glottolognzan1240
PersonNzangi[2]
PeopleNzanyi

Nzanyi (also known as Njanyi, Nzangi, Njai, Njeny, Zani, Zany, Jeng, Jenge, Njei, Njeing, Kobotshi) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria in Adamawa State in the Maiha LGA, and along the border in Cameroon. Dialects are Dede, Hoode, Lovi, Magara, Maiha, Mutidi, Nggwoli, Paka, and Rogede.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Nzanyi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.